concomitance
Americannoun
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the quality or relation of being concomitant.
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Roman Catholic Church. the coexistence of the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharistic bread.
noun
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existence or occurrence together or in connection with another
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a thing that exists in connection with another
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Christian theol the doctrine that the body and blood of Christ are present in the Eucharist
Etymology
Origin of concomitance
From the Medieval Latin word concomitantia, dating back to 1525–35. See concomitant, -ance
Example Sentences
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It is very important to remark that in all this no new meaning has been given to the word "concomitance."
From An Introduction to Philosophy by Fullerton, George Stuart
God gives reason to the human race; misfortunes arise thence by concomitance.
From Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil by Huggard, E.M.
It is by the concomitance of these two variables that the phenomena of both this and the preceding series of experiments are to be explained.
From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Münsterberg, Hugo
First, concomitance is an accomplished fact, and we may consider it as an organic manifestation parallel to that of the mind.
From Essay on the Creative Imagination by Baron, Albert Heyem Nachmen
The two sorts of concomitance are alike only in the one point.
From An Introduction to Philosophy by Fullerton, George Stuart
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